The Kelvin is a two nacelled ship.

[Tyberius]

There have been several posts that address the Kelvin and describe her as having a nacelle and an engineering hull. This is not entirely correct. The Kelvin has two nacelles, one appears to house the engineering section and the other appears to house the warp coil.

Carry on.

 

[Data Holmes]

There have been several posts that address the Kelvin and describe her as having a nacelle and an engineering hull. This is not entirely correct. The Kelvin has two nacelles, one appears to house the engineering section and the other appears to house the warp coil.

Carry on.

 

[ST-One]

There have been several posts that address the Kelvin and describe her as having a nacelle and an engineering hull. This is not entirely correct. The Kelvin has two nacelles, one appears to house the engineering section and the other appears to house the warp coil.

Carry on.

 

[Koinek]

I'm more than a little confused. If this is a joke it's flying over my head.

 

[urbandk]

no, actually it's three nacelled. here's the newest image:

http://img32.picoodle.com/img/img32/3/11/17/f_kelvinm_9b37e6d.jpg

 

[Sheridan]

I heard somewhere(maybe it was from someone on this forum or another one) that the alternate timeline Enterprise D with 3 nacelles didn't violate anything because it had 2 warp drives in each nacelle thus making it an even 6 number of warp drives. Is this true? If this is correct maybe the Kelvin operates on the same principle? Two warp engines in one nacelle on the Kelvin?

 

[JNG]

The Kelvin has only a single warp nacelle. I would be very surprised if it housed only one warp coil, and rather expect it has a series of them.

Within the larger definition of "nacelle," we could argue the apparent Engineering section with the navigational deflector is housed in one. However, I think its size, singularity and Trek tradition would suggest it be regarded as a secondary hull in and of itself and not a mere nacelle.

 

[Tyberius]

I'm more than a little confused. If this is a joke it's flying over my head.

Unfortunately, I am not that clever.

Posts will say something along the lines of "the secondary hull and the nacelle" or "the engineering section and the nacelle" while referring to the Kelvin.

However, both of the outboard hulls are nacelles (all outboard hulls are nacelles - its the definition of the word). So the posts should read "the engineering nacelle and the warp coil nacelle".

Sorry if I was being too geeky. Though I presumed if there was a place where obsession over minutia would be at all tolerated, this would be the place.

Edit: JNG's too fast for me. Though I am of the opinion that the broader definition should apply.

 

[cynical dreamer]

Actually, the truth is there's no nacelle.

 

[Meredith]

The Nacelle is a Lie!!!

 

[cynical dreamer]

Unless the second nacelle is cloaked somehow.... how's THAT for violating canon

 

[JoeZhang]

look at 1.16 - the top thing holds the shuttlebay...

 

[Captain X]

THERE ARE FOUR NACELLES!

 

[cynical dreamer]

THERE ARE FOUR NACELLES!

I only saw three....

 

[gastrof]

FIVE!!! (And I could have sworn there really were.)

 

[urbandk]

F&%* everything, we're doing five nacelles! http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33930

 

[cynical dreamer]

What if there was no saucer and all there was was a nacelle? Would that constitute...a joke?

 

[Candlelight]

It has no nacelles, it's a pre-warp vessel.

 

[ancient]

The ship clearly only has one nacelle. The thing on top has a hanger in back, and a deflector in front.

The nacelle looks to have a swirly blue globe in the back - similar to the TOS-ENT nacelles, only lit up.

 

[cynical dreamer]

The ship clearly only has one nacelle. The thing on top has a hanger in back, and a deflector in front.

The nacelle looks to have a swirly blue globe in the back - similar to the TOS-ENT nacelles, only lit up.

What if they're really just oversized escape pods that protrude from the ship and the blue thing is the engine for the escape pod?